Friday, December 05, 2014

POPULATION IS THE OVER-ALL CULPRIT

Here we go again!
With the passage of the Population Control Law fervently desired by
Malacañang,
dutifully enacted into law by the Legislature and now more decidedly
and assiduously being implemented by the Department of Health under a
new, faithful and
obedient truly anti-population over-all chief, people are now more
and more looked upon as the big enemy of socio-economic
development, the hateful cause of poverty and misery. More. People
are pinpointed as the fundamental reason for insufficiency of food,
shelter and clothing. More. People are also considered as the cause
even of standard traffic jams, MRT overuse, increase of crime
included.

To
such a perceived social problem, the puerile response of the still
present government is plain and simple: Get rid of people. Promote
the use of contraceptives unlimited. Never mind really if any of the
contra-birth pills are in effect abortive. Never mind if the same
pills eventually cause sickness among their users. Never mind if
contraceptives promote
promiscuity among young
people. It's OK to have both tubal ligation and vasectomy, anywhere,
anytime. It's OK to find dead babies left by the sidewalks, thrown
here and there – in garbage cans included. In other words, do not
allow Filipinos to be born. Get rid of them as many
and as quickly as possible.

For
avid population control promoters supposedly for the eventual
development of the Country through foreign capital investments,
production and commerce, some of the economic dogma they basically
profess and assiduously affirm are the following: The more Filipinos
are, the more miserable as well is their way of living and
their state of life. The lesser the Filipinos are, the better it is
for the Philippines – with the given probability of its becoming
even a First World Country in the East at least. So it is but right
to ask the said avid
Population Control advocates:

Would
they rather not have been born at all so that there would be less
population and therefore more resources in the Country? Should they
consider their parents' social liabilities precisely for having them
counted among the Philippine population? Are they happy for the
death of thousands of people – elderly, adults, children – as
Yolanda victims? Do they in fact welcome Ebola in the Country to
lessen fast and sure the number of Filipinos? Would they wish for
more deadly floods to take place plus killer earthquakes to happen?
Are they happy that deadly crimes are being committed day and night,
that cemeteries are not only full but overflowing with dead people.
Lastly, would they rather convert the Department of Health into
Department of Death?

Admittedly,
the above questions are not only exaggerations but may be even
insulting. But just for
the record, the over-all honest-to-goodness intention behind them all
is but one: Population control is not the means for the
socio-economic development of the Country. What then? Here are some
key agenda: 1st,
use public funds for public welfare – please!
2nd,
make the natural resources serve national common interests –
please! 3rd,
Serve
not despise, respect not belittle Filipinos, please!

Oscar Cruz

About The Blogger

Most Reverend Oscar V. Cruz, D.D. is the Archbishop-Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan. He is currently the Judicial Vicar of the National Tribunal of Appeals. He is a prolific writer, having published several dozen books mostly on judicial and moral matters. His most recent book is about the Social Doctrines of the Church. He also has a blog where he posts regularly. He is an avid coin collector and dabbles in woodworking art.